After the vacancy of Dina Boluarte and the closing of one of the most questioned periods of the Executive With historical disapproval of up to 98%, several of the former ministers who made up his cabinet have decided to make the leap to the electoral arena.
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Far from representing a political renewal, these candidacies were part of a government marked due to the repression of protests, institutional instability, citizen insecurity and a constant ministerial rotation.
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In the framework of the 2026 general elections, there are seven former members of the Council of Ministers who are now running for Congressor, regardless of the questions they have against them. They are the figures of Jorge Luis Chávez Cresta, José Berley Arista Arbildo, Juan José Santiváñez Antúnez, Carmen Patricia Correa Arangoitia, César Henry Vásquez Sánchez, Elizabeth Galdo Marín and César Carlos Sandoval Pozo, who want to make a clean slate in order to obtain a seat in Parliament.
Jorge Luis Chávez Cresta applies with Perú Primero
Jorge Luis Chávez Cresta was Minister of Defense during part of the Dina Boluarte government. from December 2022 to February 2024 and is now on the Senate list for the Peru First match. The period in which he was head was marked by a high turnover of ministers in the Executive. The main question facing Chavez Cresta It comes from his personal life.
According to the Sudada portal, in 2024, complaints of violence and attacks against his ex-partner were attributed to him, in addition to accusations of violent eviction and possible physical attacks within that personal relationship.
José Berley Arista Arbildo applies with Fuerza Popular
Arista served as Minister of Economy and Finance from February 13, 2024 to January 31, 2025, almost a year in the midst of constant criticism of the macroeconomic management of the government of Boluarte. His time in the Ministry was highlighted by the lack of clear measures to confront the economic crisis and now he will try to reach the Senate with the Fujimori party.
Furthermore, Cuarto Poder revealed that Edge promoted a project called ‘Residencial Villa San Juan’ in Pucallpa (Coronel Portillo, Ucayali), a real estate development of 13 hectares. Although he had declared that he had resigned from the management of his development company (JyA Promotora y Desarrollo Inmobiliaria SAC, known as Grupo Tao), he maintained 70% of the shares while serving as minister of Economy and Finance
According to the documents shown by Sunday, in August 2024, Arista presented a request to the Provincial Municipality of Coronel Portillo for the approval of comprehensive planning for its project, while it coincided with official meetings with the mayor to manage financing for municipal works.
Juan José Santiváñez Antúnez applies with Alliance for Progress (APP)
Juan José Santiváñez Antúnez was Minister of the Interior from May 2024 until his censure by Congress in March 2025.in which 78 legislators voted in favor of withdrawing it due to inability to confront citizen insecurity and lack of effective results in the face of increased crime.
His administration was marked by an increase in homicides and criticism from citizens, who considered the government’s strategy insufficient. Home Office to fight against insecurity. After his departure, Santiváñez He was appointed to other positions in the Executive, which further increased the questions against him.
Despite this, Now he aspires to the Senate for Alliance for Progress (APP). According to his statements, he himself has said that he was invited by several parties and chose APP. If he were to occupy a seat, he would have legal protections and political immunity from ongoing investigations for alleged influence peddling related to his management.
It is worth remembering that Santiváñez He also faces tax investigations linked to the audios broadcast in 2024, in which he would talk with the PNP captain Junior Izquierdo, known as ‘Snake’. In these recordings, attributed to the then Minister of the Interior, he is heard stating that Dina Boluarte had asked him to deactivate the Diviac, police unit that investigated people in the presidential environment.
Carmen Patricia Correa Arangoitia applies with Ahora Nación
Carmen Patricia Correa Arangoitia was designated Minister of Education in December 2022, but resigned just four days later, in the midst of the social crisis and protests that culminated in dozens of deaths of protesters.
His early departure was interpreted by some sectors of the public as a lack of commitment to conducting public policies in critical situations, given that his resignation occurred before facing difficult decisions about education in a context of state violence and repression.
Now he is running for Congress Now Nation party of Alfonso López Chau; However, his brief time in the cabinet could raise questions about his ability to lead solutions in difficult times for the country.
César Henry Vásquez Sánchez applies with APP
César Henry Vásquez Sánchez He was Minister of Health from 2023 to October 2025, with a career marked by his public defense of the government of Boluarte and now apply with APP to Congress.
In addition, faced criticism for deficiencies in the public health response and especially for the case of defective serums distributed by the company Medifarmawhich caused the death of five people and left several patients in intensive care (ICU).
In addition, it accumulates a history of at least 19 tax complaints in various prosecutor’s offices in the country, which include cases ranging from abuse of authority and violence against authority to illicit appropriation and procedural fraud, with investigations opened in the prosecutor’s offices of Cajamarca and Lambayeque.
Vásquez in 2021 was constitutionally denounced by the former National Prosecutor Zoraida Avalos for alleged aggravated influence peddling linked to the criminal group ‘Los Temerarios del Crimen’, a network that supposedly operated in the Provincial Municipality of Chiclayo and directed projects and collections of bribes towards certain companies.
Elizabeth Galdo Marín applies with Avanza País
Elizabeth Galdo Marín was Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism between April and September 2024. His brief time in the Mincetur He left no signs of long-range projects for the reactivation of tourism, a sector seriously affected by the country’s political and economic crisis.
Likewise, his initial appointment generated warnings of possible conflicts of interest related to family ties in the private sector, alerted by opposition congressmen. She is now running as a representative for Avanza País, a party that several times voted in favor of not vacating Boluarte despite its enormous percentage of rejection and inefficiency of its management.
César Carlos Sandoval Pozo applies for APP
César Carlos Sandoval Pozoformer minister of Transport and Communications and now candidate for the Senate for APP, He does not arrive at the electoral campaign with a clean profile. His career has been marked by ancient research and questioning.
Furthermore, his appointment in the Ministry of Transport In May 2025, he caused controversy for alleged links to informal mining sectors, when in his previous role as head of the Cabinet of Advisors of the Ministry of Energy and Minesreceived a lawyer linked to people investigated for illegal mining, which raised doubts about his proximity to interests outside the public interest.
His management in TCM He also faced interpellation motions from Renovación Popular that denounced delays and alleged irregularities in projects such as the highway Boca del Río in Tacna and the Lima–Chosica train; although the motion did not succeed in the Congress, It revealed the perception of a lack of technical leadership.
